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Utilities in The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal have signed a transmission service agreement to create a loop high-voltage power transmission line in West Africa. As the name suggests, the 224kV, double-circuit line will form a circular network, spanning the four countries. The $685 million development will eventually comprise 1,677km of power lines, 4,000 lattice pylons raised with galvanised steel frames and 15 substations which interconnect the electricity grids of The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. Le Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du fleuve Gambie (OMVG aka Gambia River Development Organisation) and the national electricity companies of the OMVG signed the energy transport service agreements at the end of October in Dakar, Senegal. The agreement brings together NAWEC of The Gambia, EDG of Guinea, EAGB of Guinea Bissau and Senelec of Senegal. Commissioning the OMVG Interconnection Line will represent an important step in developing an interconnected energy transmission network in West Africa. The OMVG is the executing agency for integrated development programmes in the region and in particular focuses on the rational management of common resources of The Gambia, Kayanga-Geba and Koliba-Corubal Rivers. The three physical components of the OMVG Energy Project are 1. Sambangalou Hydroelectric Development at Sambangalou Dam, 2. Kaleta Hydroelectric Development at Kaleta Dam, and 3. an interconnection transmission line (T-Line) circuit linking the two dams to the electric grid of the four member countries. This project has been the subject of a detailed environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) with resettlement action plans (RAPs) to meet regulations applicable within OMVG countries and those of the African Development Bank. |
